Kelyn**
#8,417 most common girls' name of all time · #14,052 across all names · 44% male / 56% female · used 1981–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#8,417
Rank overall
#14,052 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
764
Since 2016
109
Peak year
2006 #6,029
Best rank
#5,816 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Kelyn first appears in 1981. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,565 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #12,869 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #9,398 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #11,014 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #11,156 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 2014 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #8,681 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #8,754 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #10,729 |
| 2011 | 18 | 10 | 28 | #6,975 |
| 2010 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #8,929 |
| 2009 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #7,858 |
| 2008 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #7,241 |
| 2007 | 16 | 14 | 30 | #7,901 |
| 2006 | 22 | 13 | 35 | #6,029 |
| 2005 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #9,119 |
| 2004 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #8,962 |
| 2003 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #6,759 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #12,741 |
| 2001 | 16 | 11 | 27 | #6,818 |
| 2000 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #8,308 |
| 1999 | 18 | 13 | 31 | #5,816 |
| 1998 | 17 | 11 | 28 | #5,971 |
| 1997 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #6,377 |
| 1996 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,257 |
| 1995 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #7,358 |
| 1994 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #10,166 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #7,874 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #10,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,502 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,015 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,593 |
| 1988 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #7,576 |
| 1987 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #6,735 |
| 1986 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #7,685 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,240 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,036 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,010 |